Yesterday, I interviewed Dr. Angela Bush, the Birmingham middle school principal who took over Erwin Middle School and got the school off Alabama’s Comprehensive Support and Improvement list despite having to deal…
Category: Education
UWF Historic Trust partners with DeFuniak Landmarks
The University of West Florida Historic Trust has partnered with F. Diane Pickett, local emerging author and the president and founder of DeFuniak Landmarks, a nonprofit foundation established to preserve and protect…
School District adds weapon detection
Escambia County Public Schools Superintendent Keith Leonard has announced that all middle and high schools will begin randomly screening students with a new weapons detection system called OPENGATE. This new technology allows…
Escambia schools designated ‘Schools of Excellence’
On March 29, Florida State Chancellor of Education Paul Burns announced 783 Florida schools have achieved the designation of Schools of Excellence for the 2022-2023 school year. Seven Escambia County schools were…
Scholarship deadline approaching
The Pensacola Interstate Fair, Inc. is reminding graduating high school seniors that the deadline to apply for the 2024 John E. Frenkel, Sr. Educational Grant is quickly approaching. With a deadline of…
UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places
The University of West Florida’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund placed second among the nation’s student-managed bond funds at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education’s (QGAME) Global Portfolio Competition held on March…
Education Expert Dr. Angela Bush coming to CivicCon
CivicCon is excited to invite the public to a free presentation by Dr. Angela Bush on Thursday, April 11, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the REX Theatre in downtown Pensacola. In…
Daily Outtakes: 2024 Hurricane Season could be ‘explosive’
AccuWeather meteorologists are forecasting 20-25 named storms across the Atlantic basin in 2024, including 8-12 hurricanes, four to seven major hurricanes, and four to six direct U.S. impacts. This is all above…
Kindergarten regisitration starts April 1
The Escambia County School District has announced Kindergarten registration for the 2024-2025 school year will begin on April 1, 2024. All families are encouraged to register early this year. The preferred registration…
JUMP event on March 30 salutes U.S. military in Japan
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will host its ninth Japan-US Military Program on Saturday, March 30 in downtown Pensacola saluting the U.S. military in Japan. The program and reception will take…
Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
University of West Florida President Martha D. Saunders announced today a gift of $5 million from The Bear Family Foundation to name the UWF College of Business. The college is slated to…
EOC offers HERricane Florida
Escambia County Emergency Management invites girls entering 7th, 8th and 9th grades to participate in the inaugural HERricane Escambia program. This four-day-long camp will be held June 25-28 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m….